Starry Happy New Year

 

I thought I might send 2022 out with a bang and a lot of sparkle with this blingy New Years card made with the Technique Junkies Starry Happy New Year stamp It's a quick and simple card with a ton of sparkle from black glitter background paper, holographic mat, and watercolor paper decorated with Nuvo Shimmer Powder and embossed to a shine!  Process video below.

Tea With Me

Today I will walk you through the process of how I made this card. I use Double backgrounds to give it some extra texture then a snarky stamp to top it all off! Use my discount code to save an extra 10% TJ10Color

Tea Collage

Textured Newsprint

Sarcasm

Process video below.

 

Kintsugi Technique

Kintsugi is the art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold.  A metaphor for embracing our imperfections, letting go of stress that keeps us from realizing our creative potential. 

Here are the stamps I used

Batik

Beautiful Nun

Own Kind of Beautiful

Joyeux Noel

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Flying Through The Cosmos

Just to show you the versatility of some of the Technique Junkies stamps, today I am going to show you another way to use the Washed background stamp to make it look like maybe a meteor shower!  

Supplies I used:

Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Prize Ribbon, and Wilted Violet.  

The Washed S945 background stamp from the Technique Junkies November release.

The Skyline Edger set of two from A Colorful Life Designs. 

Wow Embossing Glitter in the color Halo. 

Versafine Clair in the color Nocturn.

Die cuts and paper from my stash.

Save 10% at Technique Junkies using my discount code TJ10Color

 Process Video Below

 

 

November 2022 Release Celebration Blog Hop!

I am excited to present the November 2022 new stamp release from Technique Junkies! This is a great mix of stamps for all year!  You can save 15% on the new release or go for the Gotta Have It All bundle!  You can also save 10% on everything else using my discount code TJ10Color.

Make sure to visit all of the participants in the blog hop!

Technique Junkies

Pam

Holly

Christine

Darlene

Judy

Pat

Below is my release video with samples of the cards I made with this release and we will make a card with one of the stamps!

 

Big Ol Santa

 

Big Background Santa

I used some masking, some ink blending, some painting, and a whole lot of glitter to create this Christmas card with the Big Background Santa from Technique Junkies!

You can get Big Background Santa here and Vertical Merry Christmas here

Process Video Below

Technique Junkies "Let Us Adore Him"

 

Here are two cards I created using the same methods with gold and silver!

These two cards feature the stamp "Let Us Adore Him" SD1110

I started by creating a night sky background using blue and purple inks and oxides then splattered some water on to lift the ink resembling stars.

I cut out my die cut from my stash, two in black and one in either gold or silver.  The video below shows the process with silver holographic paper.  I stamped and embossed the "Let Us Adore Him" in the top right then put it all together!

The new release stamps are on sale for 15% off until October 8th.  You can also save 10% on regular priced products using my discount code TJ10Color

Video Process

Technique Junkies October 2022 Release Blog Party!

Happy Release Day!

Here is some inspiration!

For this image, I stamped "Christmas Bells" on to some watercolor cardstock and painted it using Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils. I created a separate background with a light wash of Antique Linen Distress Watercolor Pencil then heat embossed the "Jingle All the Way" sentiment after stamping it with Versafine Clair in Tulip and the clear embossing powder.  I popped the image up on some foam tape then popped the whole panel onto a red card base!

I also created an inner panel with the same watercolor wash and stamped it with "The Bells Chime" sentiment.

For this card, I took advantage running iZinc through a stencil.  Fore more info, see video below! The Stamp is called "Believe."

You can also save 10% on iZinc and any other regular priced product using my discount code TJ10Color.

Don't forget to visit the other Design Team blogs and videos listed here:

Technique Junkies Blog

Pam

Holly

Christine

Tracy Shultz

Judy

Pat

 

All About Autumn - Technique Junkies

 

This card features the All About Autumn background stamp from Technique Junkies. I created the background using Distress Oxides then embossed the background stamp directly on top before adding some surprising elements! Lean more in my video below!

You can visit Technique Junkies here.

You can grab the All About Autumn stamp here.

Don't forget to use my discount code TJ10Color to save 10%!

Technique Junkies Spooky Frame Shaker

 

Ghosts, and Goblins, bats and pumpkins are the main focus of this Spooky Pumpkin Frame from the September 2022 release.

I have created a simple shaker card using the frame stamp as a background for our sparkly goodness!

You can grab your own Spooky Pumpkin Frame right here!

Don't forget you can save 10% on regularly priced items using my discount code TJ10Color!

Process Video Below.

Technique Junkies September Release 2022

Happy Fall, Y'all! As many of my friends know, I am not a "Pumpkin Spice" kinda gal.  Bring on the Apple Pie and the Caramel and the onset of baking season! Technique Junkies is also celebrating the season with this well-rounded September stamp release!  

For when you Gotta Have it All!

The Entire New Release!

Here are some samples from this release.

Here I painted the mums with Simon Hurley's Lunar Paste then fussy cut them out.  You can find the Chrysanthemum Corner here.

Simple stamping with this wonder Leaves Background.

All About Autumn

Who doesn't need a Haunted House Silhouette!

Grab some fun pattern paper and make a quick and easy card with this Wee Bit Wicked!

The Spooky Pumpkin Frame has it all!

For this one I combined the Gothic Skull Background with Dripping Spider Web.

I really love this "It's a Bad Thing" stamp!

This Dotted Branches is a good stamp for anytime!

Don't forget you can save 10% on regularly priced items using my discount code TJ10Color.

Please visit everybody listed below in this blog hope celebration!

Technique Junkies

Holly

Chris

Darlene

Tracy Schultz

Judy

Pat

You can catch this Dotted Branches in action on my video!

Thanks for stopping by!

Uncomfortable

For this card I used wings from the new Wings and Things and the All Dressed Up new ArtStacks August release.  The images in these packs lend themselves beautifully to collage-type projects like this card.  Leave it to me to find the most emotional images in the bunch! You can find these paper packs and so much more at ArtStacks!

Sometimes we use art to invoke an emotion. Sometimes that emotion is hard. I bring this to make you feel uncomfortable. Not because I don't love you, but because I do. Like the woman in this card, very broken, very uncomfortable, it is my life.  I lost my son to Fentanyl in 2020. He was just 27 years old.  I always told my kids if anything were to happen to them I would simply die.  I am still alive.

This is banner number 21 of nearly 30 in JUST ONE Facebook group. That's my son Joe second to the bottom row sixth one down.  The others are other parents sons and daughters.  

Over 100,000 people in the US died from drug overdose or Fentanyl poisoning in 2021.  Most of them young, some as young as 12. That makes me uncomfortable. 

August is Overdose Awareness month. I am always aware.  Uncomfortable.  I am outraged that this type of death is considered part of the underbelly of society. That someone has the nerve to say "maybe he shouldn't have been taking drugs." That there are banners like this one.

So, I make this card because I want you to notice and be uncomfortable.  Looks for signs, talk to your kids about the danger of just ONE pill because it's real, keep an open mind that it could be someone you love.  If you even suspect, take a Narcan administration class and keep it on hand. JUST ONE PILL.

Vintage Grunge

I loved getting my vintage grunge on with these two stamps sets from Technique Junkies paired with some wonderful Shimmering Bliss.  You can see my process in the video below!

Links to products:

You're Vintage

Vintage French Advertisements 

Smoldering Ash Shimmering Bliss

 

Dream Catcher/Nightmare Giver

Today I will take you through the process of making this Dream Catcher/Nightmare Giver.

I started out with a crochet mandala I made yesterday following loosely this pattern from Esther Ditskra. I wasn't crazy about the colorway I chose and I always say, if you don't like something, change it!

I started thinking about it and I thought I might use my Distress Spray Stains AND Distress Mica stains to set about changing it. I sprayed the center with Pine Needles then Brushed Corduroy and Vintage Photo to finish the edges. I then sprayed and flicked on Snow Flurries, Harvest Moon, Decayed, Crooked Broomstick and Frosted Juniper. 

I wasn't happy with the silver showing through on the edge and started thinking about how I could change it! What if I painted on some Foundry Wax in the color Statue? Another idea was born.

I decided this was going to grow into a dream catcher. I flipped over and looked at the back. This won't do, so I changed it.

I painted the back with Black Soot Distress Paint and then followed up with some Iron Gate Distress Mica Stain.  Another idea was born! 

Why not make this a reversible home décor piece?

I flicked on some Picket Fence Distress paint to give it some texture.  I still didn't like the edge, so I changed it!

I decided this would be the nightmare side. What could be more grungy and scary than Crypt Grit Paste? I used my finger tool to pile on the grit paste all the way around.

The other day I took a bunch of failed backgrounds and cut them up into feathers using the Tim Holtz Feathers die set I got from ScrappyShak.  If you have seen my Instagram, you have seen my pile of feathers.  I am surely not going to just make them and sit and admire them, I am going to use them!  

I selected seven of them and sewed them up the rough middles, but what about the backs? I had an idea. 

These were going to be crow feathers on the reverse side.  I painted the backs all black with my Black Soot Distress Paint making sure to fill in the sides around the sewn part so they would be completely black.

In my mind, feather have a sheen to them.  I grabbed my Empty Tomb Distress Crayon and scribbled it on then rubbed it in with my finger. 

Trying on the Nightmare Side.

Trying on the Dream side. More to come, but first, let me get this straight. You put the lime in the coconut? Okay, back to it!

Here I have added glitter to the spines of the wings, in the center as a web, and around the outside. I have also added the Halloween Droplets.

Attaching the thread to sew the feathers on.

This spider went on the dark side.

We will be using Mummy Cloth to reinforce the feather ends.

Adding color to the Mummy Cloth with Distress Spray Stains

Reinforcing the other side of the feathers with wire glued on

Close up already wrapped

Wrapping with the Mummy Cloth

Coat with Collage Medium to further reinforce the tips and cover the thread and wire

Sewing on the feathers

Foundry Wax embellishment

Finished Front

Finished Back